MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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